. History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts . their sunny homes destroyed, their landsforfeited to the stranger, deprived of the ministrations of theirreligion, hearing always a foreign tongue, seeing always un-familiar faces, watched, suspected, trammelled, poor, their condi-tion, let us be thankful, was at least not aggravated by extremebodily suffering, or by the coldness, neglect, and indifference oftheir conquerors. Indeed, many of those who reached Canadalooked back with longing eyes towards the land of the Puritans,where a kinder welcome and more generous charity softened theirhard
. History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts . their sunny homes destroyed, their landsforfeited to the stranger, deprived of the ministrations of theirreligion, hearing always a foreign tongue, seeing always un-familiar faces, watched, suspected, trammelled, poor, their condi-tion, let us be thankful, was at least not aggravated by extremebodily suffering, or by the coldness, neglect, and indifference oftheir conquerors. Indeed, many of those who reached Canadalooked back with longing eyes towards the land of the Puritans,where a kinder welcome and more generous charity softened theirhard lot than that given by their compatriots. The town records of Hingham contain many entries showingliberal disbursements for the benefit of such of these people aswere in want; and in the volumes devoted to the French Neutralsin the State archives, are several accounts allowed by the Provinceof Massachusetts Bay to the town for money expended in theirbehalf. Among these is the following in relation to a familywhich came here Nov. 29, 1755: — .. JOSEPH BLAKE. Military History. 257 Province of Massachusetts Bay. Suffolk ss. To the Honble Josiah Willard Esq. Secretary In pursuance of an act of the Great and Gen1 Court of the Provinceaforsd, the following is the account of the Selectmen of the town of Hing-hain in the County aforsd of their expense in the support of the Frenchcalled Neutrals late Inhabitants of Nova Scotia sent to said town by orderof the Committee appointed to dispose of the same, the family sent tosd town wei-e Anthony Ferry & wife & five small children and one singlewoman in all Eight, this accompt is from the First day of June tothe tenth day of Novr 1756 for tools & provisions &c is twelve poundsfourteen Stirling and four pence £12: 11: 4 Daniel Beal ^ SelectmenEnoch Lincoln V of The TownJoseph Thaxter ) of Hingham. This family was subsequently increased by the arrival of anaged mother and by the birth of another child. The Ferrys wereremoved to Boston
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